This work presents the most comprehensive selection available of Arata Isozaki's built and unbuilt projects from the beginning of his career to the present day and is extensively illustrated with drawings, silkscreens, sketches and models from the Isozaki Office Archive.
Arata Isozaki's (b.1931) is one of the most important and respected Japanese architects of the twentieth century. Since opening his practice in 1963, he has built extensively in Japan, Europe, North America, and recently China. Through his work both as an architect and a theorist, Isozaki has acted as a bridge between East and the West, exploring Japanese architecture and introducing Western trends into Japan, and his original thinking has opened new perspectives for architects all over the world.
This book presents a selection of his vast oeuvre in six thematic chapters, conceived by Arata Isozaki himself together with Ken Tadashi Oshima. These chapters illuminate the principles of Isozaki's informative theorization of architecture as well as presenting his own architectural works. Each chapter is introduced by Oshima followed his career. Projects are then presented in depth through a wealth of illustrations from the Isozaki Office Archive including sketches, silk screens, drawings, photographs and models.
